Air quality action plan consultation

Consultation runs from 21 June 2018, 9:00am to 18 September 2018, 5:00pm

Introduction and background

Air quality in central Cambridge is not as good as it should be. The city is not compliant with EU limit values or UK national air quality objectives for nitrogen dioxide in the city centre and on busy roads – although it is improving slowly.

This plan sets out our priorities for the next five years, for improving areas of poor air quality and maintaining areas of good air quality as Cambridge continues to grow.

The plan's proposed actions fall into three main categories:

Reducing local traffic emissions as quickly as possible

Maintaining levels of pollutants below national objectives

Protecting public health by improving air quality in the future

Consultation information

We want to know what you think of the action plan. We are confident that it will improve air quality – but does it go too far? Does it go far enough? How could it be improved? What actions could we include in the future?